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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

11th Jul 2025 11:15

RNS Number : 7671Q
Barclays PLC
11 July 2025
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS

(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.

KEY INFORMATION

(a)

Name of exempt principal trader:

 

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

(b)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

 

SPECTRIS PLC

 

relevant securities this form relates:

 

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

SPECTRIS PLC

 

principal trader is connected

 

 

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

 

10 Jul 2025

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

NO

 

 

 

trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

 

 

2.

POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree

 

 

to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

 

Class of relevant security:

5p ordinary

 

Interests

Short Positions

 

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

1,772,466

1.78%

992,421

1.00%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

816,231

0.82%

1,567,869

1.58%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

2,588,697

2.61%

2,560,290

2.58%

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive

 

 

options)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class of relevant security in relation to

 

 

 

 

which subscription right exists

 

 

 

 

Details, including nature of the rights

 

 

 

 

concerned and relevant percentages:

 

 

 

 

3.

DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

 

 

 

 

 

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Total number of

Highest price per unit

Lowest price per unit

security

 

securities

paid/received

paid/received

5p ordinary

Purchase

246,592

39.9600 GBP

39.8560 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

159,229

39.9600 GBP

39.8000 GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

 

reference

unit

security

 

 

securities

 

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,556

39.8000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

216

39.8592 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

629

39.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,919

39.8618 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

183

39.8633 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

155

39.8638 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,530

39.8698 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,256

39.8706 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,904

39.8710 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

349

39.8767 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

472

39.8809 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

102

39.8813 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

49

39.8816 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

240

39.8829 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

74

39.8835 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

49

39.8894 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,871

39.8930 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

127

39.8955 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

278

39.9004 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

637

39.9013 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

126

39.9038 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4

39.9197 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

42,644

39.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,566

39.8601 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

80

39.8704 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

35

39.8706 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20

39.8711 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

274

39.8732 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

39

39.8758 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,626

39.8797 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

50

39.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,196

39.8810 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,228

39.8844 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

534

39.8890 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,127

39.8967 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,400

39.8999 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

129

39.9003 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,524

39.9007 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

18,145

39.9028 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,167

39.9081 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

822

39.9090 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10

39.9092 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,233

39.9100 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,946

39.9104 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

30,000

39.9199 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,201

39.9279 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

35,384

39.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

2,140

39.8663 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

7,698

39.8672 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

12,601

39.8680 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

34,980

39.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

686

39.8732 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

84

39.8835 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,061

39.8865 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,346

39.9135 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

19,357

39.9200 GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

 

date

money

relevant

 

selling,

securities

per unit

 

 

paid/

security

 

varying etc

to which

 

 

 

received

 

 

 

option

 

 

 

per unit

 

 

 

relates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

Exercising

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security

 

 

securities

unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

security

 

 

applicable)

 

 

 

 

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings arrangements

 

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,

 

 

formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal

 

 

or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party

 

to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

 

 

 

NONE

(b)

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

 

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between

 

 

the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

 

 

(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

 

 

 

(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

 

 

any derivative is referenced:

 

 

 

 

 

 

NONE

(c)

Attachments

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

11 Jul 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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